City Center Talks

11/30/2024, Sozan Michael McCord, dharma talk at City Center.
Sozan Michael McCord discusses where the concept of work practice came from in the Zen Buddhist tradition...

11/20/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk by Fall 2024 practice period co-leader Jisan Tova Green, Tova investigates how it's possible...

11/16/2024, Paula Arai, dharma talk at City Center.
This dharma talk by visiting teacher Paula Arai at Beginner’s Mind Temple explores Buddhism from a woman’s perspective...

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2024-11-13

11/06/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.
This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by tanto (head of practice) and practice period co-leader...

10/30/2024, Jisan Tova Green, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Jisan Tova Green describes the Sejiki Ceremony, in which hungry...

10/26/2024, Tenku Ruff, dharma talk at City Center.
This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by visiting teacher Tenku Ruff. How can we stay present during...

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2024-10-23

10/12/2024, Tenzen David Zimmerman, dharma talk at City Center.
This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman. In Case 36...

Talk by Eli Brown Stevenson at City Center on 2024-10-09

10/02/2024, Ryushin Paul Haller, dharma talk at City Center.
Our narratives and our histories shape our conditioned being. Acknowledging this conditioning, we take Refuge...

This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by Onryu Mary Stares. In this talk Onryu Mary Stares discusses the five considerations the Buddha lists that allow us to...

Talk by Hondo Dave Rutschman at City Center on 2024-09-25

09/14/2024, Gengyoko Tim Wicks, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple by tanto (head of practice) Gengyoko Tim Wicks, Tim...

09/07/2024, James Ishmael Ford, dharma talk at City Center.
This dharma talk was given at Beginner’s Mind Temple’s pop-up zendo at Unity Church on Page Street, by...

Talk by Gengyoko Tim Wicks Zazen Experience at City Center on 2024-09-04

08/31/2024, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, dharma talk at City Center.
In this talk, Abbot Jiryu describes the fundamental Zen practice of "welcoming everything," and emphasizes...

08/21/2024, Avowing Karma, Admitting My Faults, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple, Dan uses the Soto Zen standard “...

08/17/2024, Sokaku Kathie Fischer, dharma talk at City Center.
In this dharma talk, given at Beginner’s Mind Temple, Kathie references Eihei Dogen's work, "Receiving the...

Talk by Roger Hillyard at City Center on 2024-08-14

Talk by Ryushin Paul Haller at City Center on 2024-08-03

Talk by Jisan Tova Green at City Center on 2024-07-31

Talk by Bussho Salon Week Tim Wicks Kim Hart Dan Gudgel at City Center on 2024-07-24

Talk by Audio Test at City Center on 2024-07-19